Calabash

Maker Yoruba

Object number81.17.630

Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company

Dimensions8 7/16 x 16 1/8 x 4 11/16 in. (21.4 x 40.9 x 11.9 cm)

MediumGourd and pigment

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Calabash

Yoruba

Object number: 81.17.632

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Calabash bowl with lid

Yoruba

Object number: 81.17.633

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Calabash

Yoruba

Object number: 81.17.634

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Calabash bowl

Ife/Yoruba

Object number: 81.17.631

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Figure (Ere Ibeji)

Yoruba

Object number: 81.17.612

Male figure

Yoruba

Object number: 81.17.615

Verandah post (Opo)

Yoruba

Object number: 81.17.626

Ibeji Figure

Yoruba

Object number: 2013.20.5

Ibeji Figure

Yoruba

Object number: 2013.20.6

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Calabash

Unknown artist

Object number: 81.17.1969

Calabash (Empukuri)

Maasai

Object number: 2000.8

Large calabash (Ipukurto)

Maasai

Object number: 2000.15

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